Exposed: NLC has been compromised – Baralarabe Musa tells Nigerians what to do
– The CNPP accuses the NLC of not being sincere about its proposed strike
– It says the labour congress has been compromised and will not fight for the people
– It urges Nigerians to take important steps themselves
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) headed by Balarabe Musa has urged Nigerians to occupy the country and not believe the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) as the body has been compromised.
The federal government removed subsidy on Fuel on Wednesday, May 11 making the price of fuel rise from N87 to N145.
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Nigerians reacted negatively to the increment in the price of fuel and berated the labour congress for not calling for a strike.
The NLC vowed to resist the increment but The Punch reports that the CNPP asked Nigerians not to trust them as they had been compromised.
It said the strike action planned for Wednesday, May 18 will not last beyond Friday.
It further alleged that the labour unions were using the strike as a ploy to scuttled genuine actions against the increment in pump price as they did in 2012.
“What the labour unions are doing now by calling for a strike action was what they did in 2012 during the Occupy Nigeria protests in response to similar increase in the pump price of petrol under former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“The labour unions later scuttled the action by purportedly entering into an agreement with the then government on behalf of Nigerians and ended up fixing the pump price of petrol at N97.00 per littre.
“Nigerians must be aware that the planned strike action scheduled for Wednesday won’t last beyond Friday as the labour leaders have been compromised and are using the call as a ploy to deceive the masses.
“We have it on good authority that the labour leaders have compromised. Recall that the labour leaders were at a meeting where the decision to inflict more and more pains on the already impoverished Nigerian people by increasing the pump price was taken and never protested against it. Why the sudden U-turn by the same labour leaders?”
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It said Nigerians can no longer tolerate the hardship brought by the current administration.
“The federal government and its labour collaborators must be told that the CNPP, the masses and the civil society shall occupy Nigeria until the reversal of the pump price of patrol. Enough of more and more suffering under the guise of fuel subsidy removal.”
Meanwhile, Ibadan resident organised a strike action to protest the removal of fuel subsidy.
Led by Dr Demola Aremu they started its march from University of Ibadan with a call on the federal government to reverse the decision in the interest of the Nigerian masses.
They also called on the federal government to fish out subsidy fraudsters, who they claimed were friends of government officials, and prosecute them accordingly.
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